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UPDATED: 08/02/2019 8 February 1900, City Hall architect Fergus Carstairs-Rogers hit by Long Tom shell splinter in the Kimberley Club. 8 February 1947, Cornelia Smith and her stepson Reginald electrocuted in their Greenside home. DID YOU KNOW Among the targets ...

20 September 1888, Five sisters of the Poor Sisters of Nazareth leave London for Kimberley. 20 September 1899, The Town Hall on Market Square opens. DID YOU KNOW The Kimberley Town Hall, an outstanding piece of Victorian architecture (in Roman ...

18 May 1876, The Lanyon Theatre opens. 18 May 1881, Meeting called to form the Kimberley Club. 18 May 1906, Statue of Queen Victoria in the Public Gardens unveiled. Pictured is the statue in its current position, Queen Victoria, and ...

24 September 1907, Alexander McGregor Museum (pictured) title deeds handed over. 24 September 1994, Griquas beat Western Transvaal 24-11 to win the Bankfin Cup. DID YOU KNOW It was on 24 September 1907 that the keys and title deeds of ...

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